girls:
17.9k births since 1933
#1106 (81st percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1993
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
17.9k births since 1933
#1926 (75th percentile)
The name Joselyn is the #1,926 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 17,875 recorded births since 1933. This represents the 75.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 75.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,106 (80.7% percentile) for all time with 17,870 births since 1933. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1993.
Joselyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1933 (1933 for girls and 1993 for boys). Birth data for Joselyn is available in 82 out of the 91 years between 1933 and 2023 (82 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Joselyn has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 100.0% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Joselyn reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 78.1% percentile (ranked #217) with 745 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 745 births per million (ranked 78.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2010, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Joselyn ranks #783 for girls (17.3% percentile) with 97 births per million, which is 13.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Joselyn reached its peak popularity in 1993, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #769) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 1993, with 2 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1993.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Joselyn".
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Our model has identified 10 different pronunciations for the name Joselyn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 29.2% confident that Joselyn is pronounced as JAH-slihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JAW-slihn, at 14.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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